Super solid writing. Good production. Well done.

Very oroginal proposition! The backgroud vocal is awesome. Very good song!

Really interesting track  - Nice strong voice and good instrumentation throughout - well done !

Very nice track. Vocal are compelling and real. 10

This is an online collab done backwards. 
MIK’s Reaction ad-libbed the vocals and then Jimmy Bergqvist added the music later. 
Then they went back & forth tidying it up until emerged this rock ballad about depression.
Beyond Blue has many changes of pace; It goes from a slow, laid-back classical guitar solo to raging vocals with driving beats and back again.
It tackles a tricky subject and hopefully can add to the increasing awareness of the huge problem, 
that is depression.

Beyond Blue

SongWriter 2016

Father of Light

Father Of Light

If I Can Dream

Out In The Street - Combstead & Robert Grigg

90's inspired Rock made in Metro Detroit.

Breaking all the lessons, from the ones that never try.
Gather up some sympathy, hanging on like suicide.
Now casting those of us who want to see.
A shadow of our former self, so what's it gonna be this time.

My mind is all tore up and finally broken.
Got some blame to spread around, ramping up to wind it down.
I saw the world explode with phony rage and truth unspoken.
No one made a single sound, we're ramping up to wind it down.

And it's safe to say I can't afford another day.
On the stage of common ground, beginning's end can not be found.
Who and what we'll never be, and all the things we can't receive.

My mind is all tore up and finally broken. 
Got some blame to spread around, ramping up to wind it down.
I saw the world explode with phony rage and truth unspoken.
No one made a single sound, we're ramping up to wind it down.

Giving up to wind it down.

Winding

Ultimately people have to decide for themselves if they want to live forever. And if I get a radio or TV interview, I can mention a medical forum on air, so they will. Swing in Cubase discovered. Obviously you could tell a radio presenter to ask their audience for the name of the medical forum for the ideal medicines. What I don't understand is why people are happy to depart. Why not live forever and stay young and party hard for all eternity? I toast you all! Now just put the highest intelligence in charge and we're done.

Lyrics:
Breaking up, breaking out,
See what’s new and what’s about,
This love could live on forever,
I’ll be yours, you’ll be mine,
I will always tow the line,
You can call on me whenever,
I love you,
You love me,
You know me,
I’ll always say I love you, and my heart is true,
Live the dream, We both know,
Hand in hand our live will flow,
My dream has come real,
Our love is fair, you really care,
True desire’s really there,
It’s true love I really feel,

You Know Me

Break Out

Now Give It To Me

Lyrics

come closer you whispered
quietly in my ear
i'll tell you a truth i know you'll wanna hear
i find you so attractive
you're just so good for me
lie with me a bit
and then i'll set you free

ah making love to you
i find it to my taste
so come quicly to my side
and be careful in your haste
yeah making love to you
i find it to my taste
come quickly to my side
we've got no time to waste
we've got no time to waste

won't you find 
time for me
won't you find
time for me

when whispering was through
lay down by my side
the warmth of your breath
ah it's true you haven't lied
i find you so attractive
i really couldn't stop
lords and ladies please
oh let her go on top

won't you find
time for me
won't you find
time for me

ah making love to you
i find it to my taste
so come quickly to my side
and be careful in your haste
yeah making love to you
i find it to my taste
come quickly to my side
we've got no time to waste
we've got no time to waste

won't you find
time for me
won't you find
time for me
won't you find
time for me
won't you find
time for me

Time For Me

The Underground 03:57
Vocals & Guitar (Martin Acoustic): Mark Henes
Keyboard/Synth: kb brown

I am traveling,
Toward the north country
I ain’t afraid to take the underground
I ain’t afraid I am north star bound
I ain’t afraid to take the underground
I am heaven-bound

Father won’t you surround me
While I stand in your sanctuary
Father won’t you surround me
While I stand in your sanctuary 

I am traveling,
Toward the north country
I ain’t afraid to take the underground
I ain’t afraid I am north star bound
I ain’t afraid to take the underground
I am heaven-bound

Father won’t you surround me
While I stand in your sanctuary
Father won’t you surround me
While I stand in your sanctuary

Crystallized Reflections

30 Oct 2020

The Underground

The Nashville troubadour takes listeners on a journey to the heart of American music.

Mark Henes has spent years performing around Nashville’s music scene, cultivating a loyal following with his genre hopping, Americana influenced sound.  Now he is finally ready to formally introduce himself to the world with the release of his debut album “Crystallized Reflections,” which features thirteen stellar tracks that touch on everything from country and soul to punk.  

Lead single “Ghost Train” kicks things off.  A haunted ode to lost love, the song takes its influence from the outlaw country of the seventies, with a hard edged sound held together by Henes’ booming baritone.  Mark immediately starts to show his versatility as he switches gears on album highlight “I Pray, I Pray,” in which he is backed by a soulful horn section.  The acoustic guitar driven “The Underground” channels Johnny Cash.  “I am traveling to the north country,” he sings mournfully, as a string section sets the mood behind him.

There are many artists out there who can play multiple genres, but very few who can do it as convincingly as Henes.  This is best exemplified by “Strip Me Down,” in which the young songwriter shows off a completely different side of his artistry.  An energetic pop punk song that would sound right at home on the Warped Tour, it shows Mark at his most confrontational, with a hook that gets stuck in your head right away and stays there for weeks.

Across thirteen songs, Mark rarely repeats himself stylistically, but the entire album is held together by his commanding voice and thematic consistency.  On “Arm Full Of Roses,” he slows things down again, with a comforting ballad that might have sounded at home on vintage FM radio in the sixties.  The reverb heavy guitars and doo wop harmonies enhance the retro magic of the production, before giving way to chugging blues rock of “Death Was The Penalty,” in which Mark plays the role of convicted criminal as a wall of guitars provides the soundtrack for his getaway.

By the time Henes gets to album closer “Tennessee Hills,” with its old time fiddles and banjos, the listener gets the sense they’ve spent the past hour or so driving slowly across the middle of the country, exchanging stories and songs with a childhood friend.  “Crystallized Reflections” is a truly one of a kind album from an artist who is just getting started on his musical journey.  

“Crystallized Reflections” is available everywhere Oct 30, 2020

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At 57 years of age, I decided to finally release some of my music.
I can't believe how well it has been received.

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